Science podcasting is popular, fun and informative… but how do you make a success of it? Is there a formula that the experts use to get a show regularly on the air? How much research and effort goes into every show? What about new technologies like Google Hangout and should you even consider starting your own podcast?

I talk to podcasting pioneers Dr Pamela Gay and Fraser Cain about their experiences in the field as science communicators via podcasts, even how they got featured on Google with their astronomy hangouts!

Some of the research I mention into podcasting that was done by Dr Pamela Gay: the first peer-reviewed papers (1,2) on what it takes to make a podcast and find out who is listening (Astronomy Cast and collaborators have followed up with three more papers – 3, and two not yet online).

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Why do we believe weird things? What does feminine intuition really mean? How do you become an effective activist for science and reason? Are you ready for a bi-weekly show that poses these questions and more? Tune in for a slightly more skeptical look at stories in the news, urban legends, good science, pseudoscience and what makes popular culture pop. Hosted and produced by Kylie Sturgess.